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March 27, 2005
Good Girl!
I'm really working hard to keep myself from catching whatever cold that is trying to bring me down. My throat is a bit on the sore side and I have some post nasal drip, but I'm trying to keep it to just those symptoms. I've been diligent about taking my vitamins, sucking on an extra vitamin C drop here and there, drinking fluids, and trying to eat a little bit better. I wish that I could rest more, but whenever I feel this kind of sick I have a very difficult time sleeping. In fact, I'm contemplating taking some kind of cough syrup tonight just so that I can get a good night of sleep. It would figure that I would come down with something during my week off from work. I should not complain though, since that means I can take days off to play when the weather gets nice soon.
Speaking of the weather, it is about to suck. On Friday's dinnertime news, the meterologist stated that we had gone over 70 hours without any sunlight. He was saying that it did not look like we would really see the sun again until Wednesday. Now we did have some sunlight early yesterday morning. Halfway through our run, I looked over to my right and said, "hey that thing isn't supposed to be out". It is supposed to start raining either later this afternoon or tonight and not stop until some time Tuesday night. Tomorrow is supposed to be "rain, heavy at times with a flood watch". The forecast is calling for one to two inches of rain. This morning when I went out to run it was just cool, damp, and cloudy.
After being "bad" yesterday, I was "good" today. Every other Sunday I am supposed to go to the flat park around here and run on grass. I've stated many times before that I am not comfortable running on grass and try to avoid it at all possible costs. I did go over today and sort of stayed off the roads. This park has a great deal of paved paths on the cross country course. I did the course forwards and backwards and ran the 1.2 mile track for a total of about 7 miles. It was definitely mucky and muddy due to all of the moistness we've had recently. I had to avoid the geese and horse droppings as well. My legs definitely felt yesterday's long run, but the softness of the surface did feel nice. I did turn my right ankle (the one that is the current bad ankle) once. Part of the reason I completely avoid running on grass/trails is my tendency to sprain ankles. I will suddenly have a swollen ankle one morning and not even be able to tell you where it came from. Since the fall when my left ankle nearly put me out of commission I have been doing exercises to strengthen the tendons in my ankles. I also did 6 striders, as I am supposed to do on every day that I don't do a workout.
Today I have cleaned up my room some since my work clothes from last week seemed to have taken over. I went through my old running shoes to donate to J's youth track team. I also got rid of some of the running clothes that I just do not like. Laundry is a high priority, since I am almost out of sports bras and tights. I did do a load of clothes that can go in the dryer. If it rains as hard as it is supposed to tomorrow, I'm going to hang wet laundry in the bathtub.
Hope everyone is having a happy Easter! We're eating in about an hour when my grandmother comes over. It's early for me, but my mom is insisting on eating at the same time as they eat at "the home".
Posted by Blondie at March 27, 2005 03:52 PM